{"id":16785,"date":"2019-02-19T10:51:01","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T10:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/?p=16785"},"modified":"2021-08-25T09:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-25T09:38:50","slug":"the-dynamic-role-of-a-career-counsellor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/the-dynamic-role-of-a-career-counsellor-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dynamic Role of a Career Counsellor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Oakridge-International-School.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-16790 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Oakridge-International-School-268x300.png\" alt=\"career counsellor near me\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Oakridge-International-School-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Oakridge-International-School.png 410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a>With over 1.5 lakh schools across India, only a few hundreds of them happen to employ a full-time career counsellor on their premises! Imagine, the dearth in career guidance that students are facing. This statistic is not only alarming but also highlights the need for<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/top-ten-career-counsellors-in-india-for-career-counselling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trained career counsellors<\/a> <\/strong><\/span>who can make that impact in students\u2019 lives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">With the Global Career Counsellor (GCC) program from UCLA Extension and Univariety, over <strong>3,000<\/strong> counsellors have given their careers that <strong>GCC Edge<\/strong>! <strong>Ms. Sonia Prasad<\/strong>\u00a0undertook the GCC program and secured the role of a Head Career Counsellor at <strong>Oakridge International School, Hyderabad<\/strong>. Let us have a look at what career counsellors like Ms. Prasad have to undertake in their roles to <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.globalcareercounsellor.com\/blog\/how-can-a-teacher-help-in-student-career-guidance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guide their students better<\/a><\/strong><\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Understand Students\u2019 Needs:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">A school counsellor needs to gain an in-depth understanding of their students over a range of aspects which includes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Emotional and Psychological needs of the student,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Stress issues plaguing the student be it parental pressure, peer pressure, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">Identifying course and career inclinations, abilities, and aptitudes.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Build student exposure: <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">A career counsellor is a primary facilitator in promoting student and university connect. This can be done through:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">By conducting workshops for building student skills and assistance in learning,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">By inviting University to connect activities like career fairs, college workshops, etc. to help students explore opportunities for higher education in India and abroad, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">By facilitating alumni guidance programs for students to help them explore options for higher education in terms of course, college and country to pursue higher education in.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Career Guidance: <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">Career Counsellors need to enable students in the following three domains with the help of appropriate testing mechanisms like Psychometric tests, Stream Selector tests, etc.:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Courses to opt for,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Colleges to shortlist, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\">Country to pursue higher education in\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>Facilitate monitoring mechanisms:<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The role of a career counsellor involves extensive monitoring and tracking to guide students on the following grounds:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Entrance exams: By gaining insight into which courses and colleges a student is interested in, relevant tests like SAT, IELTS, TOEFL, IIT JEE, etc. can be highlighted,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Milestone completion: A career counsellor needs to keep a track of his\/her students by bringing in the milestones i.e. guidance points to track progress. In case of any deviation, the counsellor needs to conduct interventions and bring the student back on track.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Periodic review<\/strong> sessions to address students and staff queries on:<\/span>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Maintaining Discipline and Academic rigor,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Improving productivity,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">Time management, etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;\">The <strong>Global Career Counsellor (GCC) Program <\/strong>arms a school counsellor in the above roles while making them globally aware of the best practices on offer. It helps them to not only guide their students better but also improve the overall efficiency of the school on a range of parameters like exposure, engagement, operational working, and people management.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 28px; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><strong><a style=\"padding: 10px 15px; color: white; display: inline-block; background-color: #1e83c3;\" href=\"https:\/\/univariety1.viewpage.co\/GCC-blog-call-back-request\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\"><strong>To Know about Global Career Counsellor Program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 1.5 lakh schools across India, only a few hundreds of them happen to employ a full-time career counsellor on their premises! Imagine, the dearth in career guidance that students are facing. This statistic is not only alarming but also highlights the need for trained career counsellors who can make that impact in students\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[164],"tags":[150,143,160,152,144,167,159,166,171],"class_list":{"0":"post-16785","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-career-counsellor","8":"tag-career-counselling","9":"tag-career-counsellor","10":"tag-career-guidance","11":"tag-educators","12":"tag-global-career-counsellor-certification","13":"tag-professional-development-course","14":"tag-professional-teacher-course","15":"tag-teacher-training-course","16":"tag-ucla-extension-course"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dynamic Role of a Career Counsellor - 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